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Residents ask Urbana to honor local mentors with honorary street namings
Summary
Multiple Urbana residents urged the Historic Preservation Commission to support an honorary street‑naming program and to consider specific nominations for Janice Mitchell and Lawrence “LC” Owens, citing decades of community service and requests to bring the item to future agendas.
Urbana residents asked the Historic Preservation Commission on Monday night to consider honorary street namings for longtime community leaders, and urged the city to create clearer procedures for public commemoration.
At public comment, Benita Rollins Gay said she was in favor of naming a street after Janice Mitchell and offered to gather signatures in support, saying, “I could go into community and get 1000 signatures” to show local backing. Janice Nance, Mitchell’s daughter, described her mother’s decades of community work including founding after‑school and…
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